Tuesday, June 24, 2014

ConceptDraw: A Boon to IT Students and Professionals

Dean Livingston is working on his Masters in Information
Technology at the University of Phoenix online. Recently, Dean discovered and
purchased ConceptDraw Office at the academic discount to help assist him with
his course work. ConceptDraw Office consists of ConceptDraw PRO (business
graphics and diagramming), ConceptDraw PROJECT (project management), and ConceptDraw
MINDMAP (brainstorming, producing documents and presentations).

Dean was a long time PC user who switched to a MacBook about
12 months ago. After switching to Macintosh, he then searched for products that
could potentially do what Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio did for him
when he was a Windows user. With ConceptDraw Office, he found a suite of
products that would address his academic and work needs in one bundle at a
greatly discounted price.

Dean discovered ConceptDraw while doing a web search for
“Visio Alternatives for Mac”. Right away he decided to download and trial the
ConceptDraw suite of products. First use for Dean was ConceptDraw PRO for his
“Reliable Backup” class to develop a timeline for how backup should occur as
part of a class project. He sees that ConceptDraw MINDMAP will be of great
assistance in helping him study for his classes and plan papers while he is
working on his Master’s degree.

Dean says, “ConceptDraw Office suite is the best software
package, it is amazing how powerful the products are. In the near future, I
plan on viewing the instructional videos located on ConceptDraw.com to find out
more about each product’s capabilities.”